News and commentary from around the endocrinology world

Is butter back? A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that it is, kind of: it is associated with either no benefits or small benefits for mortality, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, but it does not seem to be harmful, either. (PLOS ONE)

"The obesity epidemic was driven by much larger changes in calorie intake than previously believed and will require aggressive strategies to reverse," concludes a brief from Healthy Eating Research.

A randomized controlled trial found that fructose, high-fructose corn syrup, and glucose -- all found in sugary drinks -- didn't affect normal-weight people differently from the obese. (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

And the Food4Me study, a 6-month randomized trial of an internet-based dietary intervention, found that those who were eating more Mediterranean foods at baseline were likely to have healthier lifestyle scores in the study and to have lower adiposity.

NIH researchers found that a subgroup of women with polycystic ovary syndrome may also have an adrenal disorder that causes them to produce extra hormones.

Infertility problems are common, yet in Britain, only about half of couples who experience them seek medical care, according to a study in Human Reproduction.

The first law in the U.S. to mandate GMO labeling goes into effect in Vermont today, and it's giving food companies a headache. (Bloomberg)

A CDC official stepped down after it was found that she had connections to Coca-Cola. (Huffington Post)

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